...most people don’t bother complaining about bad business anymore, they just stop going to such places (or worse, put up with it). On the other hand, though, since Keith is a freestater, everyone, including myself, has a lot more tolerance for problems at Murphy’s than we would dealing with other places.

That describes me to a tee. I said it before that when I complained about a waitress there, it was a courtesy. Anywhere else and I would have left and never come back. However, often I will complain somewhere AND not come back. I figure the least I can do is say why so the manager can try to rectify the situation and hopefully save other customers from the misery.

Actually, I shouldn't say "often". I very rarely have problems bad enough to need to talk to a manager. Murphy's was one such place though. The truth is he doesn't need Free Staters anymore. He gets plenty of business without us. I wonder if his wait staff dreads our parties on Tuesdays and if that makes the service worse than it normally is.

There is a Chili's down the block from memaybe I should try their burgers.

There is a Chili's down the block from you? Bastard.

"Yeah, there is a Chili's I could walk to..." Screw you city boy.

I don't know if ya ever noticed, but I don'twalk anywere. I drive to the end of the 20 foot driveway to get the mail. I am a suburban boy. Chili's is down the block, most every kind of store is within a few blocks. It is supposed to be a feature. But for me not so much..........

Murphy's was one such place though. The truth is he doesn't need Free Staters anymore. He gets plenty of business without us. I wonder if his wait staff dreads our parties on Tuesdays and if that makes the service worse than it normally is.

Considering that people have reported terrible service on other days,* and considering that Elijah, who works on Tuesdays, does exceptionally well at handling the Taproom Tuesday crowd, I don’t see how one could conclude this.

* The worst service I witnessed was on a random day that wasn’t Taproom Tuesday. I was there with a couple other activists stuffing envelopes for a political campaign. I wasn’t drinking, but one guy got up and left after about ten minutes of waiting and the other kept having to go up to the bar to get service. The place was nearly empty and the waitress was just standing at the bar chatting with someone the whole time.

There is a Chili's down the block from memaybe I should try their burgers.

There is a Chili's down the block from you? Bastard.

"Yeah, there is a Chili's I could walk to..." Screw you city boy.

I don't know if ya ever noticed, but I don'twalk anywere. I drive to the end of the 20 foot driveway to get the mail. I am a suburban boy. Chili's is down the block, most every kind of store is within a few blocks. It is supposed to be a feature. But for me not so much..........

Because us suburban folk do drive everywhere,we say stuff like it's down the block. I marked it on the way home tonight it is 1 mile. So it is very walkable bo no suburbanite would, until gas is about 12 bucks a gallon.